Roller appliance for rocking-chairs.



110.850.1782.' PATBNTBD 5911.16, 1907.

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EDWIN WILLIAM RAYMOND, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

'ROLLER APPLIANGE FOR ROCKING-CHAIRS.

Speccationvof Letters Patent.

Patented April 16, 1907.

Application filed December 14,1906. Serial No. 347,836.

MOND, a citizen `ofthe United States, and a resident of Los Angeles, inthe county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a newand Improved Roller Appliance for Rocking-Chairs, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has for itsV object to provide means adapted to bereadily attached to a rocking-chair of ordinary construction, andthereby transform the rocker into a wheel or invalid chair.

Such objects I accomplish by the means illustrated. in the accompanyingdrawings, in which drawings like characters of reference indicate likeparts throughout the views, and in which- Figure l is a side elevation,partly in section, of a device embodying my invention; and Fig. 2 is arear elevation, partly in section, of the device shown in Fig. 1.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawings, an axle l is mounted uponcarryingwheels 2, which are preferably provided with rubber tires 3. Acarrying-bar 4 is provided with offset ends 5, having eyes 6, which. arefreely journaled upon the axle 1, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The axle 1bears against the upper edge of the rockers, and the carryingbar 4 bearsagainst the lower edge or tread of the rockers and is preferablyarranged in advance of the axle when the device is in use, so as to forma fulcrum with the axle, thereby enabling the body of the rocker to beread ily raised from the ground and supported on the carrying-wheels 2,so as to enable the chair, with the person seated therein, to be movedabout at will. The offset ends 5 of the carrying-bar 4 are preferablymade longer than the width of the rockers in ordinary use, so that whenthe carrying-bar 4 is drawn forward of the axle the axle andcarrying-bar iit snugly on rockers of different size of ordinaryconstruction.

The carrying-bar and axle are held in place on the rockers by means of atie-rod 8, having its upper end pivotally connected with the seat of thechair in any suitable manner, preferably by means of an eye 9, formed onthe end of the rod 8, which engages an eye 10, attached to the seat ofthe chair. The opposite end 0f the rod S is provided with a hook 1l,adapted to detachably engage the carrying-bar 4, so as to hold thecarrying device firmly on the chair when in use or enable such device tobe readily detached therefrom when desired. `Whenthe carrying device isnot in use, the end of the tie-rod 8 may be supported on a hook 11,attached to the rear portion of the seat of the chair, as indicated bydotted lines in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The'combination of arocking-chair, and a carrying device comprisingan axle mounted upon carrying-wheels, a swinging carrying-bar adapted tobear against the lower edge ofthe rockers, and means `for holding thecarrying-bar in advance of the axle, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination of a rocking-chair, and a carrying device comprisingan axle mounted upon carrying-wheels having resilient tires, a swingingcarrying-bar loosely mounted on said axle and adapted to bear againstthe lower edge of the rockers in advance of the axle, and a tie-rodconnected with said carrying bar and chair, substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. The combination with a rocking-chair and a carrying device comprisingan axle mounted upon carrymg-wheels, a swinging carrying-bar mounted onsaid axle adapted to bear against the lower edge of the rockers of.

said chair in advance of the axle, and a tierod detachably connectingsaid carrying device and chair, substantially as shown and described.

4. rFhe combination of a rocking-chair, a carrying device having atransverse axle mounted upon carrying-wheels, a yoke com-` prising atransverse bar having offset ends rotatably mounted on said axle, and atierod connected with said yoke and chair.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN WILLIAM RAYMOND.

Witnesses:

. C. I-I. OAxwooD,

C. J. HENTscHEL.

